re: 22 year old blows 90k for college, blames Parents

Nailed it

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I blame a little bit on parenting here. I blame a lot on our education system by not teaching these kids anything about personal finance in high school.

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See, this is what's wrong with this country. Take responsibility and quit blaming others for your problems!

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I was born in 88. I guess we're kind of borderline millenials, right? Isn't that right on the cusp? We're pretty much just old enough to remember a time before the Internet being really everywhere.

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i'd say low 30s-low 20s are millenials.

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I was born in 88. I guess we're kind of borderline millenials, right? Isn't that right on the cusp? We're pretty much just old enough to remember a time before the Internet being really everywhere.

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That's the basic qualification. People who don't remember a time before the Internet have a radically different point of view on how reality works than the people who can remember a time before the Internet was a part of daily life. This chick almost certainly doesn't.

88 is millennial still

They will pay their bills via money I put in their checking account. I'm not giving them access to the entire fund. That's fricking stupid.

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I get what you are saying but we can't always expect someone who doesn't have any clue on how to do financial planning to do it. Just like a job, it takes training. My parents took the time to teach me. Someone has to step up and take the initiative.

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If you're too stupid to do basic math, then I don't think that can be taught. Yes, she clearly had shitty parents, because she's a selfish spoiled bimbo who has never had to work a single day of her life.

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Yes, she clearly had shitty parents, but that's because she's a selfish spoiled bimbo who has never had to work a single day of her life.

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Lolwut

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88 is millennial still

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Yeah, I just think that it is barely. I think that being on the border I have a lot more perspective on life before social media and the Internet being pervasive than someone born even just 4 years later. Since the boom of the Internet seems to be such an influence of what makes a millenial a millenial I think this may be a significant seperator.

It might just be an arbitrary distinction though. You can probably make similar distinctions for anyone.

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88 is millennial still

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Yeah, I'm a millennial, but I don't think they're a part of my generation. I think an appropriate name for anyone born after 1992 is the iGeneration. Appropriate for multiple reasons. Id say Millenials were born from like 81-92.